EMYSystem Genus Page: Mauremys
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Geoemydidae ()
SubfamilySubfamily no_subfamily ()
GenusGenus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
Species
range of genus Mauremys
approximate range
M. annamensis
M. caspica
M. iversoni
M. japonica
M. leprosa
M. mutica
 
Original Description Gray 1869b : 500
Common name Stripe-necked Turtles
Distribution Northwestern Africa, and southern Europe, to Japan
Comments Tribe Batagurini. An undescribed species from Burma has recently been imported to the USA through the pet trade (W. P. McCord, pers. comm.).
 
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